FD Callejon de Huaylas and the Llanganuco lagoon

Visited Areas

Carhuaz, Caras, Mancos, Yungay, LLanganuco Lagoon.

Included

Transport, guide, ticket entrance.

Operation

All year round. Daily.

You will visit the northern part of the Valley of the Santa River in the morning, which is situated between the Cordillera Blanca and Negra (White and Black Mountain Range). Here some picturesque villages and towns are built such as: Carhuaz, Mancos and Yungay. You will visit the city that was covered with earth flow in 1970. You will appreciate the most important snow peaks of the Cordillera Blanca such as the Huascaran (6,768 m above sea level) – the highest mountain of Peru, Huandoy (6,356 m above sea level) and Hualcan (6,162 m above sea level) among others.

You will climb the Cordillera Blanca from Yungay in order to visit the valley of Llanganuco, protected by the National Park Huascaran. There you will be able to contemplate a beautiful lagoon Chinacocha (3,850 above sea level) with its Turkish blue waters, different Andean flora and the snow peaks that surround it. Finally you will visit a picturesque village called Caraz. Your return to the city is scheduled at the coordinated hour.